So, on a reread, I came across this line of Touga's near the end, and I have to say, it perfectly sums up just how little he understood Utena and the others.

>Something to do with the weird cosmology of... wherever it was Tenjou and her
>pets thought they could hide from us.

Both the 'pets' part, and the thought of Utena ever hiding, especially from him.

Matrix Dragon, J. Random Nutter